Hi, I've been learning how to make strings. So far I've done a couple of flemish twist strings.
A couple of the videos I've watched mention special wax for stringmaking, stickier than the usual beeswax, to help with keeping the strands together during the twisting. I know the spools of B55 I've got seem to have treated with something tacky but either it isn't enough or it seems to wear off a bit during the process. Certainly trying the beeswax blocks I've got for regular string waxing I can see that's not ideal; too hard. I have some crossbow rail lube which might be wax based but that's too slippery ('cos it's a lube).
What do people use? I've so far drawn a blank for anything off the shelf in the UK. 3riversarchery and a couple of others in the US seem to stock some homemade looking stuff, and there's some recipes around.
A couple of the videos I've watched mention special wax for stringmaking, stickier than the usual beeswax, to help with keeping the strands together during the twisting. I know the spools of B55 I've got seem to have treated with something tacky but either it isn't enough or it seems to wear off a bit during the process. Certainly trying the beeswax blocks I've got for regular string waxing I can see that's not ideal; too hard. I have some crossbow rail lube which might be wax based but that's too slippery ('cos it's a lube).
What do people use? I've so far drawn a blank for anything off the shelf in the UK. 3riversarchery and a couple of others in the US seem to stock some homemade looking stuff, and there's some recipes around.